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The Last Gentleman: Thomas Hughes and the End of the American Century - Smith, Bruce
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In this impressive biography, Bruce L. R. Smith tells the story of this remarkable life, which also reflects much of the story of America in the last half of the twentieth century. Through the eyes, diary, and notes of a key participant, the book provides a contemporaneous perspective on such major events as the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the CIA's Operation Mongoose against the Castro regime, the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam, and the elections of the 1960s. This book is a firsthand, behind-the-scenes account of the people ...

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The Last Gentleman: Thomas Hughes and the End of the American Century 2022, Brookings Institution

ISBN-13: 9780815738909

Paperback